Manokotak Airport
MBA · PAMB · Manokotak, Alaska · Dillingham County · map
Manokotak Airport is a public-use airport, 6 miles ese of Manokotak, Alaska, 107 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,300 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 4,300 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,482 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Manokotak Airport?
Its FAA code is MBA, and its ICAO code is PAMB.
Where is Manokotak Airport?
It is 6 miles ese of Manokotak, Alaska, 107 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Manokotak Airport?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,300 feet long, gravel.
Does Manokotak Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Manokotak Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now PAMB · observed 11:18 pm AKDT (07:18 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 700 feet, a broken layer at 6,000 feet, overcast at 7,500 feet
- Altimeter 29.19 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued, and in English (METAR)
SPECI PAMB 300718Z AUTO 21004KT 9SM FEW007 BKN060 OVC075 A2919 RMK AO2 RAB04E18 P0000 FZRANO $
- SPECI
- a special observation, issued because the weather changed
- PAMB
- the station, PAMB
- 300718Z
- observed 11:18 pm AKDT (07:18 UTC)
- AUTO
- fully automated report, nobody checked it
- 21004KT
- wind from the south-southwest at 4 knots
- 9SM
- visibility 9 miles
- FEW007
- a few clouds at 700 feet
- BKN060
- a broken layer at 6,000 feet
- OVC075
- overcast at 7,500 feet
- A2919
- altimeter setting 29.19 inches of mercury
- RMK
- remarks follow
- AO2
- automated station with a precipitation sensor
- RAB04E18
- rain began 4 minutes past the hour, ended 18 minutes past the hour
- P0000
- a trace of precipitation in the last hour
- FZRANO $
- the freezing-rain sensor is not working, the station needs maintenance
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning field conditions, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
Turbulence No turbulence warning in force over this field. No pilot has reported turbulence within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The government's turbulence forecast map ↗
Icing No icing warning in force over this field. No pilot has reported icing within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The freezing level is below 6,000 ft, the lowest forecast height, so any cloud could carry ice. The government's icing forecast map ↗
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (AKN, 72 nm east), for use 02:00–09:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 210° at 29 kt; 6,000 ft: 190° at 32 kt, -2 °C; 9,000 ft: 190° at 40 kt, -8 °C; 12,000 ft: 200° at 49 kt, -12 °C; 18,000 ft: 200° at 81 kt, -21 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
No notice to air missions in force at this field.
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. The notices come from the FAA's notice service, the site's copy refreshed every few minutes (last checked a minute ago). The FAA has so far issued eFlight its test feed, which misses some notices; the request for the full feed is with the FAA.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MBA · ICAO PAMB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 107 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,300 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: tree on the approach
- Runway 21: tree 8 ft high 65 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Mba and aWOS-3P | 120.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-621-7983.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Dillingham Airport (14 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Dillingham Airport (14 nm northeast), Aleknagik Seaplane Base (22 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21; windsock light - the common traffic frequency.
- Safety area 3900 feet an X 150 feet.
- Recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,300, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,100 |
| general aviation, local | 200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Manokotak from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Manokotak, AK as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MBA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 29, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.